“The only thing about the dance is, we expected Lulu, and Jack has invited five other boys besides himself and Roger.”
“That’s much nicer than having too many girls,” said Mae.
“But it’s not so nice as an even number.”
“Oh, well, we’ll do our best to be entertaining,” said Doris.
“I guess you can easily manage two, Doris,” teased Marjorie, taking great delight in watching the pretty girl blush.
Mrs. Wilkinson soon made the girls feel at home, and the party progressed splendidly. Jack and Roger, with their constant teasing, never allowed things to get slow. They collected half a dozen clocks and set the alarms to ring every half hour, and hid them in the girls’ rooms before they arrived; so that early Saturday morning the sleepy girls awakened at regular intervals, much to their annoyance. By half past seven, they were thoroughly awake, and decided to get up.
When they were all seated at the breakfast table, Mrs. Wilkinson asked casually:
“Ruth will be over for the dance to-night, I suppose?”
Marjorie flushed, and without raising her eyes from her plate, she replied, “No, she isn’t coming.”
“Why not?” asked her mother in surprise.